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Canada

Alberta used to have the highest minimum wage in the country. Now it’s the second lowest

When Alberta hiked the province’s minimum wage to $15 an hour in the fall of 2018, it was the highest rate in…

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Canada

Lobster harvesters in Atlantic Canada to vote on increasing minimum legal size this year

Fishermen in Canada’s biggest lobster fishing district will vote this spring on whether to increase the minimum legal size of…

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Immigration

Canada’s Ontario To Boost Minimum Wage To $17.20 An Hour 

Ontario will become the province with the second-highest minimum wage in all of Canada when it raises the threshold by…

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Nova Scotia

Minimum wage up across Atlantic Canada with biggest jump in Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia The minimum wage is going up Monday in all four Atlantic Canadian provinces. Newfoundland and Labrador is leading…

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Politics

Poilievre pledges to establish minimum prison sentences for extortion

Pierre Poilievre is promising to establish mandatory minimum prison sentences for criminals convicted of extortion, including tougher punishments for people who…

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Nova Scotia

Rogue wave hits Canadian lobster industry as U.S. moves to increase minimum legal size

An unexpected decision to increase the minimum legal size of lobster in the United States has appeared like a rogue…

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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia minimum wage increasing to $15.20 an hour on April 1

Nova Scotia A news release from the province said the rate “is to be adjusted by the national consumer price…

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Politics

‘Absolutely no talk’ of moving Paul Bernardo to minimum security: corrections head

There is “absolutely no talk” of moving notorious killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo to an even lower security level following…

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Canada

B.C. proposes minimum pay standards and workers’ compensation for app-based gig workers

The B.C. government is proposing new employment standards for gig workers with ride-hailing and food delivery apps, including a minimum…

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Nova Scotia

Devlin Glasgow must serve minimum of 16 years for murder of Matthew Sudds, court rules

Ten years after Matthew Sudds was murdered on the side of a road overlooking the Bedford Basin, one of the…

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